A directivity control section 103 performs weight control over a received signal using channel estimation and optimum weights, performs processing such as generation of the received signal and generates a plurality of weight-controlled transmission signals. A received signal demodulation section 104 extracts an SIR measurement result from the received signal. A scheduler section 105 decides which terminal should be assigned to a channel to be adaptively modulated from the SIR measurement result and at the same time decides the modulation multi-valued number and coding rate of the signal to the terminal. A transmission signal generation section 106 modulates a transmission signal such as a reference signal or packet data. A directivity switching instruction section 107 controls switching between directivities so as to maintain the same directivity after the reference signal is transmitted with a directivity until packet data is transmitted with a directivity. This makes it possible to receive packet data with high quality, improve efficiency of a radio frequency band and maximize communication path utilization efficiency.
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1. A communication system comprising: a base station comprising: a directional transmission section that transmits packet data and a quality decision signal with directivity; a packet data generation section that adaptively modulates or codes said packet data based on quality information when said quality decision signal is transmitted with directivity; and a control section that switches and controls directivities so that a first directivity with which said packet data is transmitted matches a second directivity with which said quality decision signal is transmitted, and a communication terminal comprising: a reception quality measuring section that measures reception quality in a directivity of a quality decision signal, said reception quality being measured from said quality decision signal included in a received signal; and a transmission control section that: (a) decides a switching timing at which directivities of packet data are switched based on directivity switching timing information included in the received signal, (b) instructs said reception quality measuring section to nullify the measured reception quality when said quality decision is received in a period from a first predetermined time before said switching timing up to said switching timing, and (c) transmits reception quality information indicating said measured reception quality when said quality decision signal is received at a timing other than said period.
2. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said control section of the base station switches between directivities when a second predetermined time has elapsed after said packet data is transmitted.
3. The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein said base station further comprises a transmission section that transmits said directivity switching timing information, and wherein said control section of the base station controls directivities so as to switch between directivities with which said packet data is transmitted after transmitting said directivity switching timing information.
4. A communication system comprising: a base station comprising: a directional transmission section that transmits packet data and a quality decision signal with directivity; a packet data generation section that adaptively modulates or codes said packet data based on quality information when said quality decision signal is transmitted with directivity; and a control section that switches and controls directivities so that a first directivity with which said packet data is transmitted matches a second directivity with which said quality decision signal is transmitted, and a communication terminal comprising: a reception quality measuring section that measures reception quality in a directivity of a quality decision signal, said reception quality being measured from said quality decision signal included in a received signal; a transmission control section that decides a switching timing at which directivities of packet data are switched based on directivity switching timing information included in the received signal, and transmits reception quality information indicating said measured reception quality when said quality decision signal is received at a timing other than a period from a predetermined time ahead of said switching timing to said switching timing; and a storage section that prestores reception quality measuring information for each directivity, wherein: said reception quality measuring section measures said reception quality using switched directivity information included in the received signal, which is the next first directivity to be switched with which said packet data is transmitted, and said reception quality measuring information.
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